Eiffel Tower is Closed for Public after Heavy Snow!

Since many cities of Europe experienced early snow a couple of weeks ago, the weather condition in these cities of Northern Europe, such as London, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, had never improved. Continuous snowing had forced traffic and public transport into halt. Yesterday, the situation became worse as the heavy snow has blanketed Paris and forced the Eiffel Tower to close completely for public visit! It was the heaviest snowfall in Paris since 1987, 24 year ago.

According to France’s meteorological service France Meteo, 11 centimetres (4 inches) of snow fell in central Paris, prevented around 100 flights from taking off or landing at Roissy airport during the temporary closure while workers cleared the runways of the heavy snow. Thousands of passengers were stranded at the airport late Wednesday after the access roads to the airport were blocked!

It has caused great impact on Paris tourism as tourists who planned to visit Paris this week would have to cancel their travel plans! This is one of the reasons why people are less fond of traveling to Europe during Winter. Unless you are planning for a Ski Holidays or a snow seeing tour, the best time to travel to Europe should never be in Winter. That is why most travelers prefer to visit Europe during Summer and the demand of accommodations, trains and flights tickets are so high because of this. So to say, planning your Europe Summer Holidays next year well ahead, as early as now, is very important for budget travelers like me, in order to grab early bird’s offers! 🙂

Why bother to book cheaper fares and accommodations in Winter but risk your dream holidays in Europe to heavy snow? Always visit your travel destination during its best visiting time of the year if you are traveling there for the first time. The best time to visit Europe would be in either late Spring or early Autumn when there are lesser crowds but still having perfect daylight for capturing great photo of the Eiffel Tower, like the one above. Can you get this kind of shot in winter?  – Travel Feeder, your ultimate travel photo blog

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Cecil Lee

The author is an avid traveler and photography hobbyist who loves to share with others his travel and photo-taking experience in many popular tourist destinations around Europe, Asia and Australasia. Read the exciting stories with many photos captured on his journeys.